The Legislative Assembly approved in second debate a bill that aims to tax in the country the sale and self-consumption of imported or locally produced cement.
The initiative, which was approved in the first debate in the Assembly in mid-February and is still pending approval by the Executive Branch, establishes that the tax will be on imported cement produced nationally, in bags or in bulk, for sale or self-consumption, of any kind, whose destination is the consumption and marketing of the product nationally.
In Guatemala, between January 2019 and the same month of this year the price of the white porcelain sink with accessories rose 5%, and the 3/8" diameter and 20" long rod was reduced 6%.
The Price Index of Construction Materials -IPMC-, carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), measures the price variations of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that make up the representative basket of inputs used in the construction activity, using December 2018=100 as the base month.
In Guatemala, between January and December of last year the price of 16 gauge steel wire rose 16%, and that of structural galvanized steel sheet, die-cut, 26 gauge, was reduced by 5%.
The Price Index of Construction Materials -IPMC-, prepared by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), measures the variations of the prices of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that integrate the representative basket of inputs used in the construction activity, using as base month December 2018=100.
About 60% of the apartments in the district of Santa Ana, Costa Rica, have prices per square meter that range from US$1,500 to US$2,000.
An analysis of the real estate supply by area, prepared by the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, shows interesting results on the behavior and distribution of prices per square meter in the sector of Santa Ana, in the province of San José.
In the first ten months of the year, the price of 3/8" diameter iron rod, corrugated and legitimate, fell 9% in Guatemala, and that of structural galvanized steel sheet, die-cut, 26 gauge, fell 5%.
The Construction Materials Price Index -IPMC-, elaborated by the National Statistics Institute (INE), measures the variations of the prices of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that integrate the representative basket of inputs that are used in the construction activity, using as base month December 2018=100.
In the first nine months of the year in Guatemala, the price of 3/8" diameter iron rod, corrugated and legitimate, fell 8%, and the price of structural galvanized steel sheet, stamped, 26 gauge, fell 5%.
The Index of Prices of Construction Materials -IPMC-, elaborated by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), measures the variations of the prices of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that integrate the representative basket of inputs that are used in the construction activity, using as base month December 2018=100.
In Guatemala, during the first five months of the year, the price of 6 meter long square industrial tube increase 5%, and in the case of tubular brick, it dropped 4%.
The Construction Materials Price Index (IPMC), carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), measures the price variations of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that make up the basket of inputs that are used in the construction activity, using December 2018 = 100.0 as base month.
During the first quarter of the year, the price of 16-gauge steel wire increased 10% with respect to the previous year, and in the case of tubular brick, it decreased 3%.
The Price Index of Construction Materials -IPMC-, compiled by the National Statistics Institute (INE), measures the variations of the prices of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that make up the representative basket of inputs used in construction activity, using December 2018 = 100.0 as the base month.
In the second month of the year, the price of 16-gauge steel wire rose 3% with respect to January 2018, and in the case of 22-gauge sheet steel, it fell 4%.
The Index of Prices of Construction Materials -IPMC-, elaborated by the National Statistics Institute (INE), measures the monthly variation of the prices of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that integrate the representative basket of inputs that are used in the construction activity, using December 2018 = 100.0 as base month.
In the first month of the year, the price of 16-gauge steel wire increased 4% compared to December 2018, and in the case of 22-gauge losacero steel sheet, the increase was 5%.
The Price Index of Construction Materials -IPMC-, elaborated by the National Statistics Institute (INE), measures the monthly variation of the prices of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services comprising the representative basket of inputs used in the construction activity, using as base month December 2018 = 100.0.
An increase in the cost of construction permits, new rates for services from public entities and a more expensive labor force explain a large part of the increase in real estate sales prices.
The guild of construction companies in Panama states that prices for homes, shops and apartments are so high that in many cases buyers can not afford them.The increase, they say, is not due to increases in the cost of construction materials, but to an increase in the cost of paperwork, such as building permits, higher interest rates for loans and the elimination of some subsidies.
While in the US the number of man hours needed to build a house is 9.4 hours per square meter, in Costa Rica it takes between 40 and 60.
Low labor productivity, on top of the cost of building materials, social charges and high costs of other materials such as energy, are preventing firms from being more competitive in an industry where both end house prices for completed works and gray works, exceed those in neighboring countries.
Despite the financial crisis, real estate prices in Antigua Guatemala remain high when compared with the rest of the country.
Properties located in the center of the city of Antigua Guatemala are priced up to six times more than similar areas in other cities.
Diego Mejía, realtor at Re Max Colonial, told Prensa Libre that “a house with minimum amenities in the center of Antigua Guatemala may cost $300.000, while a few miles from there, a similar property may be worth $50.000”.
Despite the financial crisis, real estate prices in Antigua Guatemala remain high when compared with the rest of the country.
Properties located in the center of the city of Antigua Guatemala are priced up to six times more than similar areas in other cities.
Diego Mejía, realtor at Re Max Colonial, told Prensa Libre that “a house with minimum amenities in the center of Antigua Guatemala may cost $300.000, while a few miles from there, a similar property may be worth $50.000”.
Despite the financial crisis, real estate prices in Antigua Guatemala remain high when compared with the rest of the country.
Properties located in the center of the city of Antigua Guatemala are priced up to six times more than similar areas in other cities.
Diego Mejía, realtor at Re Max Colonial, told Prensa Libre that “a house with minimum amenities in the center of Antigua Guatemala may cost $300.000, while a few miles from there, a similar property may be worth $50.000”.